A survey of 2, 000 American adults finds that an average American spends nearly $3, 000 a year on unused groceries (杂货).
The survey shows that when people do cook, a quarter of them always make more food than they’re able to finish, usually with the intention of having leftovers (剩菜剩饭). On average, people have leftovers to put into their fridges three times a week; however, they don’t always get around to using them up. Actually, a third admit they’re likely to forget about leftovers once they’re out of sight. Forgetting about food is one of the top reasons people end up having food waste, along with leftovers not being popular among family members(23%). While 4 in 10 have a strong desire to eat their leftovers, a quarter admit they get tired of eating the same thing before they’re able to finish.
“With the rapid rise of food costs, wasting groceries each week hurts both nature and consumers’ wallets, “says director of sustainability at HelloFresh, Jeffrey Yorzyk. “Families cook with the best intention of using their leftovers, but our research shows that they’re generally not consuming all of those leftovers. Getting creative with the food in your fridge can help families feel like they’re eating something new and exciting!”
For some people, what excites them at the supermarket doesn’t do it anymore when they get home. The survey shows that 38%admit they’ve thrown food away simply because they don’t feel like eating it after purchasing it. Some waste starts even before shoppers get home, as a fifth say they don’t know how much food they’ll use when grocery shopping.
With these foods, 22%are not confident they know the best methods to store foods to keep freshness. Happily, seven in ten are trying to cut down on food waste. In fact, once you’ve bought food at the grocery store, there are a number of strategies to ensure you can save it completely and cook it smartly.
1. Which is the percentage of Americans preferring to have leftovers?| A．23%. | B．25%. | C．33%. | D．40%. |
| A．Eating them up at once. | B．Deal with them inventively. |
| C．Using them to protect nature. | D．Giving them up to save money. |
| A．Attract the shoppers. | B．Produce leftovers. |
| C．Lose the freshness. | D．Go to the fridges. |
| A．Benefits of saving foods. | B．The art of cooking in the USA. |
| C．The recent studies of leftovers. | D．Ways to reduce grocery waste. |
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【推荐1】Girls can easily get sad. If your friend is feeling blue and calls you, what will you do? Here are some tips on how you can make her smile again.
Listen to her. When people feel sad, they often have the feeling of needing to be heard. So, listen carefully to what she is saying and do nothing else. Your friend will surely thank you for being the shoulder she can cry on.
Once you are done with listening, you can offer some advice or remain silent and let her feel everything and let it all out by crying. As a friend, you might think you should give her some advice. But if you have no idea about what to say, just remain silent and be there for her.
In order to be able to help your friend in need, don't be sad yourself. How can you help your friend when you are also feeling down.
A hug can make a difference in the world. It makes you feel warm and special. A hug makes you feel safe. So give your friend a hug when she needs it the most.
Spend more time with your friend who wants to be happy. Do things together like washing dishes, cleaning, or going out for fun. The more time you spend together, the stronger your friendship will become.
Sometimes, it is much better that you avoid a crying friend in your life. But by doing so, you are also keeping your friend at a distance and will make her wonder if you are her true friend. If you are there when she needs you, your friendship will be much stronger.
1. The writer wrote this passage mainly to tell us ________.| A．why girls can easily get sad | B．what to do when we are sad |
| C．how to make new friends with girls | D．how to make a sad female friend happy |
| A．We should ask her why she feels sad. |
| B．We should say something nice to her. |
| C．We should spend time listening to her. |
| D．We should give her some good advice. |
| A．hugging a sad friend can make you feel warm |
| B．your sad friend may feel much better if you are sad |
| C．it's not a good idea to be silent facing a sad friend |
| D．giving a hug to a sad friend is very helpful |
| A．We should spend more time with our friends. |
| B．We should help our friends with their housework. |
| C．We ought to spend time with our friends every day. |
| D．We ought to ask our friends to take part in activities. |
【推荐2】How Kids Express Gratitude
Taking time as a family to practice gratitude doesn’t have to be difficult or time-consuming and the benefits your children will get are profound. Today we’ll be discussing ideas to help your children express their gratitude.
Make a gratitude tree. Start with a large piece of craft paper and draw a tree trunk.
Go grocery shopping for a family in need. Many stores now offer premade bags to donate right at the checkout line. While this is convenient, the larger the role they play in the act of giving, the bigger the effect it will have on your kids.
Express your thankfulness for the ones you love.
Volunteer together. Pick a regular time, maybe one Saturday a month, and volunteer together as a family.
| A．Keep gratitude journals. |
| B．Start a gratitude practice. |
| C．Then ask the kids to paint or color it in brown. |
| D．It will make the experience much more powerful. |
| E．Let kids take pictures of themselves with their loved ones. |
| F．If you can find a charity where you deliver the groceries yourself, that’s even better. |
| G．Let each family member take turns to pick an activity that means something to them. |
【推荐3】Many young people would like to make a booth (货摊) in the name of entrepreneurship (创业精神) and sell lemon. It might seem like an easy sell—kids offering cool drinks. Some entrepreneurs offer their tips on how to make money from this.
Joe Mansueto, founder of the investment company Morningstar, sold lemonade as a kid. “You should always pay attention to customers,” he said. “When somebody’s walking down the street, get out from behind the booth, greet them, talk to them and just make friends with them to attract more customers.”
However, his two sons decided to sell a different drink. When they were 8 and 10, his boys sold cocoa outside their home. “The great thing about business is that there are really no rules. You can be creative and try something different,” Mansueto said.
But it wasn’t enough for US representative Mike Quigley and his older brother to sell drinks. They sold old books at the booth and would rent them out for customers to read while they enjoyed their drinks.
Adam Ochstein, founder of StratEx Partners, a human resources service company, gave frequent visitors cards which were printed with a lemon. Every five drinks, customers got one card which allowed them to pay less than half of the next drink. However, they didn’t price the drinks. “If you want to give nothing, give nothing. If you want to give $2, give $2. I think we had let the adults give more money than they probably would like to, “Today, he suggests kids use social media for marketing.” He said, “It can tell people where the booth is going to be and what unique specials you’re running.”
1. What is paragraph 2 mainly about?| A．How to set up a big company. |
| B．How to tell apart rich customers. |
| C．How to make friends with others. |
| D．How to attract more customers. |
| A．By selling cocoa outside their home. |
| B．By renting used books to the customers. |
| C．By making friends with his customers. |
| D．By lending new books to his customers. |
| A．Giving visitors free drinks. |
| B．Taking advantage of social media. |
| C．Giving visitors cards printed with a lemon. |
| D．Allowing customers to pay less money. |
| A．Street business. | B．Marketing fashion. |
| C．Service culture. | D．Social activities. |
【推荐1】Nearly three in ten Brits (28%) will eschew the opinions of experts and instead seek advice from family and friends when making important life decisions.
A social experiment, with more than 1,000 participants, showed that adults are one-and-a-half times more likely to seek advice from those closest to them, than professional sources, in all areas.
When it comes to financial advice, half of those surveyed are more likely to ask family and friends about where to invest money — with 40% relying on their opinion even when it comes to high-risk investment choices over any other sources, including experts. And nearly one in five (19%) would be most likely to seek their better half’s advice on budgeting decisions, while 15% would rather take financial advice from a TV show than turn to an expert. In fact, the opinion of a banker ranked 8% lower than any other financial advice sources when it comes to budgeting matters.
The term “social proof”, coined by Dr Robert Cialdini in 1984, refers to the natural influence those around us have on our decision-making, with one aspect being the “wisdom of friends” which refers to the phenomenon where advice from peers carries much more weight than is wise in important choices. During the experiment, researchers found even when participants say they value expert knowledge, they often go back to the opinions of those closest to them when making a key judgement call.
Commenting on the experiment, Dr Briony Pulford, professor of psychology at the University of Leicester, said, “We prefer advice from friends and family because we trust them and believe that they have our best interests at heart, knowing our preferences and personal values, and taking those into account when advising us. Also, many want to fit in with their peers, so finding out that other people do something makes you more likely to do it, too.” Riaan de Bruyn, from investment app &me, said, “Of course the opinion of our friends and family matters, but when it comes to serious decisions, it is important to take on board expert opinion.”
1. What does the underlined word “eschew” in paragraph 1 mean?| A．Value. | B．Declare. | C．Reject. | D．Assess. |
| A．8%. | B．15%. | C．19%. | D．40%. |
| A．It enables friendships to last longer. | B．People are usually unaware of its effect. |
| C．People stick to it because of peer pressure. | D．It makes professional advice more accessible. |
| A．Significance of the experiment findings. | B．Disagreeing voices about the experiment. |
| C．Practical applications of the experiment in life. | D．Possible explanations of the experiment findings. |
【推荐2】As Uber looks to expand its food courier service in Japan, the ride-share giant has faced road blocks rarely seen on the home soil of the United States.
Uber Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi told Bloomberg News his company's food-delivery in Japan has taken an alternative route to delivering food. The country has strict laws against ride sharing, and its unemployment rate is at 2.4 percent, making a tight job market. With a growing demand for food delivery, more of the elderly population has applied to become couriers.
“The elderly are actually signing up for Eats couriers,” Khosrowshahi said. “Eats has been a huge success for us in Japan.
That plan includes increasing staffing levels in Japan by at least 30 percent over the next year, and these jobs aren't limited to grannies in sneakers.
Uber currently works with eight taxi cab companies in Japan, and the pedestrian courier method is a way to branch out into areas untouched so far. There are cab-hailing apps available, as well as Uber Black, a car-hire service that's only available in Tokyo for now. “It will take time, but we like what we see in terms of the potential of the market” Khosrowshahi said. “
| A．The population is aging |
| B．They also include sales, operations and account management |
| C．It is going to be a very effective introduction to the Uber brand |
| D．Last year, Uber shifted to partnerships with local taxi companies |
| E．Japan is a growing nation for food-delivery-still way far behind the US |
| F．But putting grandma and grandpa in running shoes seems to make sense |
| G．The innovations that we are going to make here are going to carry around the world |
【推荐3】You may hear the awful saying “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks”, which speaks to a common belief about older adulthood that it’s a time when we’ve become so set in our ways that we’re not likely to change.
Psychologists used to follow the same line of thinking: After young adulthood, people tend to become stabler as people age. However, more recent studies suggest that something unexpected happens to many people as they reach and pass their 60s: Their personality starts changing again. People’s personality can change in response to their circumstances, adapting to a changing life. These developments clarify personality is not a permanent state but an adaptive way of being.
We can’t say with certainty what factors are driving these shifts, but a few theories exist. One possibility is that personality is shaped by specific life events that tend to happen in older age: retirement, empty nesting or widowhood (丧偶). But such milestones aren’t very reliable sources of change. They affect some people deeply, but have no impact on others. Any one event could mean many different things, depending on its context. Jenny Wagner, a psychologist at the University of Hamburg, in Germany, gave an example. Losing a partner could be a great loss, but for some it could be a bit of a relief at the same time-say, for someone who’s been caring for their ill partner for years.
Granted, old-age personality changes don’t always result from a sense of helplessness or an endlessly shrinking life. Research has shown that when people get older, they commonly recalibrate their goals; though they might be doing less, they tend to prioritize what they find meaningful and really appreciate it. That may involve adjusting to what they can’t control, but it doesn’t necessarily mean they’re reacting to a bad life—just a different one.
At the same time, not all of the changes coming with old age are unavoidable. And if old adults had more support from their communities and society, perhaps they’d be better able to command their circumstances—rather than having to make up for factors slipping out of their grasp.
1. Why is the saying in paragraph 1 mentioned?| A．To lead in the topic. | B．To explain a reason. |
| C．To show an attitude. | D．To offer a suggestion. |
| A．They can’t be avoided or prevented. | B．They will happen to most old people. |
| C．They may vary from person to person. | D．They put elders in a terrible situation. |
| A．establish | B．adjust | C．pursue | D．reach |
| A．Give old people help and care. | B．Help communities and society. |
| C．Teach old people to adapt to such changes. | D．Study more about the change of circumstances. |
【推荐1】Calling all tea lovers: the next time you reach for a cup of tea, try green tea—if you want to lengthen your life. That’s according to a new study recently concluded by researchers with the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. Researchers found “habitual” tea drinkers—whom they defined as drinking tea at least three or more times a week—had longer and healthier lives than those who did not drink tea as regularly. But these benefits were only seen in those who drank green tea, not black tea.
To come to this conclusion, researchers analyzed 100,902 Chinese participants with no history of heart attack or cancer. They were divided into two groups, those who drank tea three or more times a week, and those who drank tea less than three times a week. Participants were then followed-up after seven years.
In the end, the researchers found that regular tea drinkers had a 20 percent lower risk of suffering from heart disease, and a 22 percent lower risk of dying from heart disease than those who never or seldom drank tea. Then, to look at the “potential influence of changes in tea drinking behavior,” researchers about eight years later took a part of study participants—14,081 people—and assessed them after five years. Finally, they found those who continued to drink tea three or more times a week had a 56 percent lower risk of deadly heart disease.
But why is green tea more beneficial than black? Senior author Dr. Dongfeng Gu said that green tea is rich in polyphenols(多酚), as a previous study shows, which, “protect against cardiovascular(心血管的) disease and its risk factors.” Black tea, on the other hand, is fermented(发酵), during which process “polyphenols may lose their antioxidant effects.”
“In our study population, 49% of habitual tea drinkers consumed green tea most frequently, while only 8% preferred black tea,” he said. “The small percentage of habitual black tea drinkers might make it more difficult to observe strong associations, but our findings hint at a differential effect between tea types.”
1. What is paragraph 2 mainly about?| A．The research process. | B．The research purpose. |
| C．The research subjects. | D．The research findings. |
| A．Assess. | B．Examine. | C．Produce. | D．Indicate. |
| A．Green Tea or Black Tea, That’s a Question |
| B．Tea Drinking: a Common Practice in China |
| C．Green Tea Drinkers may Enjoy a Longer Life |
| D．Tea Time: Relaxing, Refreshing and Rewarding |
【推荐2】Imagine the sound of a dog walking across a tile floor, the “click, click, click” of its claws tapping against the ground. Now, imagine a cat walking across the same floor — the difference is the cat moves in total silence. Cats can fully retract (缩回) their claws, giving them superior ability to remain silence.
But why do cats have retractable claws, whereas dogs do not?
It all comes down to how cats and dogs use their claws. Cats use their claws primarily to attack their target, said Anthony Russell, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. They use their front claws to grab and hold on to their target and their back claws to cut open the target’s belly.
Cats need to keep their claws sharp to secure that next meal. Extended all the time, their claws would get less sharp as they scrape the ground, much like how a nail file deals with sharp points on a human fingernail.
Dogs, on the other hand, are social hunters. They work in groups to take down larger animals, wearing their target out over longer distances. For dogs, “if you’re hunting a moose or something, you wander along for kilometres and bite it until it is fatigued, and then you all jump on it,” Russell said. “Whereas cats essentially have a short burst, and then it’s over. Either the target gets away, or the target is captured.”
With more hunters working together, it’s less important for dogs to be able to grab and hold onto their target, so they don’t have to keep their claws as sharp. Sheer numbers are enough to give them the advantage.
But dogs’ claws aren’t completely useless. Dogs’ claws help them stand firmly on the earth and change directions quickly — a useful adaptation for pursuing target over long distances.
In nature’s silent dance, cats’ retractable claws are knives for quick attacks, while dogs’ strong claws make them good chasers. Each claw tells a tale of adaptation made to their unique hunting styles.
1. Where is the text most probably taken from?| A．An animal novel. | B．A scientific report. | C．A zoology magazine. | D．A pet keeping guide. |
| A．Hungry. | B．Scared. | C．Wounded. | D．Exhausted. |
| A．Cats use front claws to grab and kill the target. |
| B．Dogs use claws to attack and wear their targets out. |
| C．Cats stop hunting if the target escapes from the first attack. |
| D．Dogs work together to capture their targets in a shorter time. |
| A．Cats are better adapted to hunting than dogs. |
| B．Claws are more important for cats than for dogs. |
| C．The sharper the claws, the more efficient the hunt. |
| D．Cats and dogs find different ways to survive in nature. |
【推荐3】The Sanxingdui Ruins site is one of the greatest archaeological (考古学的) discoveries of the 20th century in the world. It is located near the Yazihe River at Guanghan City, Sichuan Province and as Sichuan is where the ancient state of Shu (蜀国) was located, it is believed that Sanxingdui was the capital of the ancient “Shu culture”.
The site was originally discovered in the 1920s by a farmer. A huge surprise came in 1986 when two sacrificial pits (祭祀坑) filled with more than 1,000 cultural relics, including gold masks, bronze sacred trees, bronze ware, jade ware and ivory, were discovered by local workers excavating (挖掘) clay for bricks.
On March 20, 2021, officials announced that they had discovered six new sacrificial pits at the Sanxingdui Ruins site and have found nearly 500 important cultural relics to date. The finding quickly gained attention worldwide.
During about a year of hard work, nearly 2,000 cultural relics were unearthed in these six newly discovered sacrificial pits. In September, officials held another media briefing and announced the discovery of 1,771 cultural relics from the number three and number four pits, of which 557 relics were relatively complete and the rest are fragments.
Among the items, the gold mask is the most impressive. It was found in June. After restoration, it turned out to be the biggest complete gold mask found at the site, with fine texture and quality. Three bronze figures (雕像) with their palms pressed together and their heads twisted to the right, were also a unique find among Sanxingdui items in terms of their shape and decorative pattern.
Experts said that these new discoveries provided further material for studying the bronze casting (铸造) technology of the Shu people as well as their art, religious beliefs, social system and cultural exchanges with surrounding areas.
1. Who was the first to have discovered the Sanxingdui Ruins?| A．An official. | B．A farmer. | C．A worker. | D．An archaeologist. |
| A．Large items. | B．Broken pieces. | C．Good qualities. | D．Impressive looks. |
| A．The religious symbols. | B．The fine texture and quality. |
| C．Their size and material. | D．Their shape and decorations. |
| A．The importance of the new discoveries. | B．The further studies of Sanxingdui Ruins. |
| C．The casting technology of the Shu people. | D．The cultural exchanges with other countries. |
